Ekslibris for Niels P. Thomsen 1875 - 1945

Gudmund Hentze made this "Ekslibris for Niels P. Thomsen" with some kind of printmaking process, I'm guessing etching, and the image is built up with very fine, precise lines. The whole thing is about good versus evil, right? It’s St. George slaying the dragon, but it's also like, what does it mean to own your own books, to have your own perspective, to slay your own dragons of ignorance? I love how the whole composition is framed in this sort of shield shape with ‘Ex Libris’ above and the owner’s name below. The texture is created by all these tiny etched lines, giving it a delicate but powerful feel, like a whisper that carries a lot of weight. It reminds me a little of Durer, with that same level of detail and symbolic weight. It's a small piece, but it contains a whole world. It invites us to think about how we protect our own narratives.